mikahe
NiléaneThis German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here
Frohe Weihnachten
Andy Carolan 
@nileane I have questions 😅
thedoctor@andycarolan @nileane He doesn't sound entirely sober
sortius
PalmAndNeedle
Jürgen Hubert@sortius @thedoctor @andycarolan @nileane
This is Germany. You _can_ drink in public here.
Will Deakin
Tobias
Momo@krono
I'm born hessian and I absolutely approve this message! 🤣
peter (not the famous one)@andycarolan @nileane So does he. I'll get in line behind ya.
Mees 🔻@andycarolan @nileane so does he 😉
Stanley Nerdlinger II@nileane
This is the content I came here for 👍
This is the content I came here for 👍
Neia masks@nileane
Video focuses on a cannon in a field.
[Crack-a-thoom!] The cannon fires.
A Christmas tree flies through the air and lands in the field fifty meters away.
Cut to a white German guy with gray hair and a pronounced widow's peak.
German guy [in German, with English subtitles]: "So this is a Christmas tree cannon, and it's there to shoot Christmas trees."
Interviewer, off-screen: "And the sense behind that?"
[beat]
German guy: "I ask myself that too."
#AltTextForYou
Video focuses on a cannon in a field.
[Crack-a-thoom!] The cannon fires.
A Christmas tree flies through the air and lands in the field fifty meters away.
Cut to a white German guy with gray hair and a pronounced widow's peak.
German guy [in German, with English subtitles]: "So this is a Christmas tree cannon, and it's there to shoot Christmas trees."
Interviewer, off-screen: "And the sense behind that?"
[beat]
German guy: "I ask myself that too."
#AltTextForYou
Gilberto Abreu@nileane Is he drunk?
dragonfrog
jan Langhammer
Wenzel Massag@nileane This is soo hilarious and ridiculous and yet, tells so much about German „culture“ at the same time on so many levels. I mean this guy is clearly drunk and frankly admits that there’s no sense behind it but he built it anyway - a cannon that shoots x-mas-trees.
The more I think about it the more I get aware of the dark truth behind this. But for now I decide to laugh about it and say: „Thanx for sharing and: frohe Weihnachten to you, too!“ 🥹😂👋
The more I think about it the more I get aware of the dark truth behind this. But for now I decide to laugh about it and say: „Thanx for sharing and: frohe Weihnachten to you, too!“ 🥹😂👋
@radiyan @nileane it's fun to make things go boom!
Das passiert in allen Werkstätten und Industriebetrieben in irgendeiner Form. Der Unterschied is nur, dass es hier der chef höchstselbst ist, und dann auch noch so verantwortungsvoll und erfolgreich, dass ers im Fernsehen zeigt. Könnte ich mit 100% der Spöken die ich selbst mitgemacht hab nicht 
Marc Etienne
Jargoggles@nileane
The sense behind that?
Uhh, because you can shoot Christmas trees. Obviously.
gz@nileane
If he didn't do it, someone else would.
If he didn't do it, someone else would.
Dark Phoenix 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈@nileane
OMG, how did you find my ex?
😭🤣😭🤣
kolya@nileane Weil wir können.
lynn@nileane fuck i love the christmas tree cannons
Carlo Zottmann@nileane German engineering in a nutshell. No vision, no talk of disruption, just "I wanted to"
I feel seen
Andy@nileane Complete source in German: https://youtu.be/Y5kwnis6nXc?si=4PsqFYZzLFdGpfsz
Die Weihnachtsbaumkanone | hessenschau
Oblomov@G33KatWork @nileane I love how even he can't refrain from laughing after saying that.
@G33KatWork @nileane oh my gosh I love the title they put under his wife's name - "an einiges gewohnte Ehefrau" - "wife who is used to a lot"
F4GRX Sébastien@G33KatWork @nileane GODSPEED HARALD
Szymon Nowicki@nileane one village next to mine! So proud of creative people of Hessen.
Grownz 
@nileane
Why? - Because.
German engeneering in a nutshell.
Reiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@nileane "We have always done it this way" or "Tradition!" could be a perfect explanation for that. At least it does not pose an immediate threat to our neighbors.
Marcus Müller@nileane Weihnachtsbaumkanone
(better quality)
(better quality)
jonathankoren™@nileane and they say the perfect Christmas gift doesn’t exist
chef 😎@nileane
There are some weird and hilariously funny people here in Germany. 😂👍🏼
Love the creativity and the total lack of need for it to make any sense. 🥸💥
dzamie 
@nileane Reminds me of American pumpkin catapults
Rudy@nileane longer clip here --
Die Weihnachtsbaumkanone | hessenschau
Mit einem großen Knall fliegen in Münzenberg die Weihnachtsbäume des letzten Jahres durch die Gegend. Erfunden hat die Weihnachtsbaumkanone Harald Seipp. Der...
T Alex Beamish@nileane Hilarious, in a German sort of way.
Also, I hear his last comment as "Weiss nicht auch.", which could also translate as "I don't know either." Great timing though. :D
Olaf Kock@talexb the last comment is "frag' ich mich auch" (the full sentence would be "Das frage ich mich auch"), so the subtitle is quite accurate.
Interesting that it comes through like that to your ears.
@olafk Ugh -- well, I haven't heard German regularly in 40+ years, and my hearing's not what it used to be. Thanks for the explanation.
remoteControl@nileane oh, thanks. This made my day :D
Shark Attak@nileane
Thank you for your service. o7
Thank you for your service. o7
Christian Gudrian@nileane *giggle* He doesn’t know what the Christmas Tree Cannon is for!?
Ebenfalls frohe Weihnachten!
Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY@nileane Obviously, he's trying to take the offensive in the librul 'War on Christmas'!
otter_linnus@nileane Klassiker
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin@nileane
I could watch this 10,000 times.
I could watch this 10,000 times.
Carpingdiem@nileane Und ich auch.
Truckston La'Donis@nileane Here's a newer report with an enhanched canon form january 2024: https://www.hessenschau.de/tv-sendung/weihnachtsbaumkanone-in-muenzenberg,video-192364.html
Nils, DC4AC@nileane For those of you who can understand German, here's the complete documentary about the ingenious Christmas Tree Cannon:
https://youtu.be/Y5kwnis6nXc
Unfortunately, no English subtitles available.
Die Weihnachtsbaumkanone | hessenschau
@nileane
Dazu erinnere ich mich:
I remember that:
Alexander Knochel@nileane The answer very likely is: it seemed like a good idea at the time (*)
(*) the time after 15 beers and 10 Schnaps
aspragg@quantensalat @nileane This.
"Like a fella I once knew in El Paso one day just took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him the same question - Why?
And?
He said it seemed to be a good idea at the time."
-- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Magnificent Seven - It seemed to be a good idea at the time
Jaime Robertson@nileane They should try firing fruitcakes.
Maybe not, they’re potentially lethal.
